Glycosyltransferases (GTs) play important roles in stress responses of plants by glycosylating hormones and secondary metabolites. UDP-glucosyltransferases (UGTs), which use UDP-glucuronic acid in animals, UDP-glucose, UDP-galactose, and UDP- rhamnose in plant as sugar donors, belong to family 1 of GTs. As a secondary metabolite produced by Fusarium… (More)

Monoammonium glycyrrhizinate (MAG) was the aglycone of glycyrrhizin derived from licorice. In this study, the anti-inflammatory effects of MAG on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) in mice and the possible mechanisms involved in this protection were investigated. Pretreatment with MAG prior to the administration of intratracheal LPS… (More)

OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effects of Er Xian Decoction (EXD) and its three subdivisions "warming Shen" ,"nourshing Yin" and "adjusting Chong and Ren" in regulating the level of estradiol (E2) on the primary cultured granulosa cells.
METHODS
Effect of EXD and its three subdivisions, also part of the effective components of this formula, icariin and… (More)

The safety of geniposide, mainly focusing on its hepatotoxicity in rats, was determined by liver enzymes in serum and histopathology ultrastructural preparation. The lethal dose, 50% (LD50) of per oral geniposide was 1431.1 mg kg(-1). The acute toxicity study indicated geniposide at dose of 574 mg kg(-1) or more could cause hepatic toxicity in rats and the… (More)

OBJECTIVE
To explain functions, differences and coordination of three divided combinations of the "Erxian decoction", the famous traditional Chinese formula, on the effective sites of gonad gland at the cell level.
METHOD
The effects of Erxian decoction and its main disassembled prescriptions, "Kidney Warming", "Yin Nourishing" and "Chong-ren Adjusting",… (More)

Cold-heat problem is one core of traditional Chinese medicine theory. This paper summarizes the experimental research related to the biological basis of cold-heat essence in cold-heat syndrome, cold-heat body constitution and cold-heat property of Chinese herbs. In view of the classical physiological and biochemical indices, gene expression, protein… (More)

Reconnection of the self-generated magnetic fields in laser-plasma interaction was first investigated experimentally by Nilson et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 255001 (2006)] by shining two laser pulses a distance apart on a solid target layer. An elongated current sheet (CS) was observed in the plasma between the two laser spots. In order to more closely model… (More)